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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCE!} 



80357 to 80381 — Continued. 



feer high, with small ovoid leaves, and is 

 very ornamental with its mass of bril- 

 liant red berries. 



80362. Delphinium sp. Rannncnlaceae. 



Larkspur. 



Xo. 17332. October. 192S. A larkspur 

 growing on glacier gravel and gravelly 

 moraines at Sabaloko, foot of Mount 

 Satseto, Likiang Snow Range. Yunnan, 

 at an altitude of 12,000 feet. It is a 

 beautiful species with rich glossy green 

 leaves forming globose rosettes and large 

 rich blue silky flowers an inch in diame- 

 ter. 



80363. Ilex sp. Aquifoliaceae. 



Holly, 



No. 17368. January. 1929. A beauti- 

 ful shrub growing in the spruce forests 

 on the southern slope of Mount Gibbah. 

 Muli. southwestern Szechwan, at an 



altitude of 11,500 feet. It is 6 to 10 feet 



high, with hollylike evergreen leaves and 



brilliant red berries. 



80364, IXCARVILLEA GEAXDIELOEA Bill', and 



Franch. Bignoniaceae. 



No. 17371. Decern] er, 1928. A plant 



crowing on the alpine meadows of She- 

 Ian, between Kulu and Muli. southw st- 

 ern Szechwan. at an altitude of 13,000 

 feet. It is 3 feet high, and bears 

 purplish red flowers. 



80365 to 80367, Iris sup. Iridaceae. 



S0365, Ibis sp. 



Xo. 17370. December. 192$. A 

 puip] -flowered species growing in for- 

 est clearings and alpine meadows of 

 Kulu. southwestern Szechwan. at an 

 altitude of 13,000 feet. 



80366. Ems sp. 



Xo. 17373. November, 1928. A plant 

 growing in the alpine meadows of 

 Mount Yowubo, Yungning Territ _■ 



Yunnan, at an altitude of 12.500 feet. 

 It is 1 to 2 feet high, and bears purple 

 or yellow flowers. 



80367, Ibis sp. 



No. 17375. November, 192S. A me- 

 dicinal plant, used for colds and 

 stomach trouble, called Chuvibu by the 



Hlihin people in Szechwan. It grows 

 wild in grassy swamps and marshy \ 

 meadows of the Chienso Tussu Terri- 

 tory, southwestern Szechwan. 



. Males sp. Malaceae. 



Apple, 



Xo. 17360. November. 192S. A wide- 

 spreading tree growing in the forests and 

 clearings of Tokesher. northwestern Yun- 

 nan, at an altitude i f 10,000 feet. It is 

 30 to 40 feet tall, with leaves white he- 

 neath and small, yellow and red fruits 

 half an inch in diameter. 



80369. Mkcojjopsis ixtegeifolia 

 (Maxim, i Franch. Papaveraceae. 



Yellow Chinese-poppy, 



Xo. 16020. November, 1928. A plant. 



1 to 2 feet high, bearing rich golden- 

 yellow dowers. It is found in the alpine 



meadows of Mount Gibbah. Muli. scuth- 

 s rn Szechwan. at an altitude of 

 13,000 feet. 



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80357 to 80381 — Continued. 



80370. Piiaseolus velgabis L. Faba- 

 ceae. Common "bean, 



Xo. 17371. N< vember. 102S. This red 

 bean is cultivated by the Hsifau tribes 

 of southwestern Szechwan and by the 

 Hlihin tribes of northwestern Yunnan. 

 It is a delicious bean when well cooked 

 and reminds one very much of the Mexi- 

 can bean. It is cultivated at Gawua. 

 Yuli Territory, at an altitude of 10,000 

 feet. 



50371. Stranvaksia sp. Malaceae. 



Xo. 17363. November, 1928. A lovely 

 tree. 15 to 20 feet high, growing in the 

 forests of Peshui, LiMang Snow Range, 



Yunnan, at an altitude- of 10,500 feet. 

 Hie autumnal leaves are a brilliant red 

 on the upper whorl and a deep glossy 

 green on the lower whorl. The gorgeous 

 red berries are in large dense corymbs 

 and are very ornamental. 



50372, Primula eorrestii Balf. f. Primu- 

 laceae. Primrose. 



No. 17376-B. October. 192S. A lovely 

 perennial plant with a woody rootstock. 

 which reaches an age of 100 years or 

 more. It grows in rooky limestou - il 

 on sunny slopes of the' Likiang Snow 

 Range. Yunnan, at an altitude of 11,000 

 feet. The flowers are a deep ■_• 

 yellow, and the leaves, when crushed. 

 have the odor of fresh apples. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 

 59710. 



80373. Pbdnus sp. Amvsrdalaceae. 



Cherry, 



No. 16794. August. 192S. A shrub, 10 

 feet high, branching from the base. It 

 grows on dry slopes below the monastery 

 at Muli in the Litang River Valley. 

 Szechwan, at an altitude of 9,000 feet. 

 The leaves are grayish tomentose. and 

 the flowers are large, white, and orna- 

 mental. 



80374 to 80381. Rhododendron spp. Eri- 

 caceae. 



80374, RHGDODEXDEOX CORIACEU II 



Franch. 



No. 17354. Xovember. 192S. A 

 shrub. 3 to 4 feet high, growing on 

 the alpine slopes of the rocky regions 

 of Mount Lapo, Yunnan, at an alti- 

 tude of 12.500 feet. 



80375, Rhododendron heliolepis 

 Franch. 



Xo. 17357. Xovember. 192S. A tree, 

 15 to IS feet high, arrowing in the 

 forests of spruce and hemlock at 

 Gokhuko, northwestern Yunnan. The 

 leaves are brown beneath, and the 

 flowers are a rich purple. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 

 59715. 



80376, Rhododendron sp. 



No. 16164. December. 1928. A 

 wide-spreading tree. 15 to 20 feet 

 high, growing in the spruce and hem- 

 lock forests of Djago, between Muli 

 and Kulu. Szechwan. at altitudes be- 

 tween 11.000 and 11.500 feet. The 

 ' late-colored beneath, are 

 a foot broad and 2 feet or more long. 

 and the red flowers borne during Feb- 

 ruary are in large corymbs. 



